Duino Elegies by Rainer Maria Rilke

Duino Elegies

Rainer Maria Rilke with Martyn Crucefix (Translator)

112 pages first pub 1923 (editions)

nonfiction classics poetry challenging emotional reflective slow-paced

Description

Perhaps no cycle of poems in any European language has made so profound and lasting an impact on an English-speaking readership as Rilke s Duino Elegies. These luminous new translations by Martyn Crucefix make it marvellously clear how the poem is...

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Moods

reflective 80%
challenging 57%
emotional 47%
inspiring 33%
dark 28%
sad 19%
relaxing 14%
adventurous 4%
hopeful 4%
lighthearted 4%
mysterious 4%

Pace

slow 50%
medium 37%
fast 12%

Average rating

4.28

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